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Bilingual-Bicultural Education Certificate


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Administered by the Department of World Languages and Literatures .

 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE DISCLOSURE (NC-SARA)

The United States Department of Education requires institutions that provide distance education to disclose information for programs leading to professional certification or licensure about whether each program meets state educational requirements for initial licensure or certification. Following is this disclosure information for this program:

This program meets the certification/licensure requirements in the following states/territories:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

This program does not meet the certification/licensure requirements in the following states/territories:

Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, American Samoa, District of Columbia, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Note: If you live in a state or territory that does not meet certification/licensure requirements, you may contact the School of Education  for more information.

 

The Bilingual-Bicultural Education Certificate is available if you are an undergraduate student who is already seeking ESL teaching certification and to practicing K-12 teachers with ESL certification in hand. The certificate is awarded after completion of all coursework (FLED 345 /FLED 545  (3 credits), FLED 397 /FLED 597 , FLED 399 ) and requires a minimum of 5 credits. Program participants will acquire abilities to teach content both in English and another language (either Spanish or Hmong). You may apply for teaching certification with the Department of Public Instruction upon completion of the program. Contact the Department of World Languages and Literatures, the School of Education, or the Continuing Education Office for more information about the program. Note: You will only be awarded the Certificate if you successfully complete the English as a Second Language Education Minor .

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